Growing through acquisition, this group of companies which sits very firmly within the engineering industry is looking to take on their first marketing Manager to lead on all things marketing for five companies within the group.They havent had a marketer before, so this is a brilliant opportunity for someone to help them guide their strategy and implement it. The role: Identifying when you need a specialists help is really important, and thats exactly what this SME has done. Having grown through acquisition of businesses over the last 5 years they recognise that whilst each business within the group needs to keep its own individual identity, there needs to be some marketing strategy put into place, so theyre looking to hire their very first Marketing Manager. The role will be all encompassing, but your first role will be to define the marketing communications strategy and set a baseline whether that be for the websites, literature or social media channels and then to implement it. Social media is an area where they really feel they need to improve and whilst this is mainly focused on Linked In due to the nature of their businesses that may take up some of your time initially. But, youll also be involved with developing case studies, website management, event management, as well as developing and maintaining relationships with trade press. Youll be the go-to-person for all things marketing, and whilst youll report into the Group MD directly, youll liaise with key stakeholders at a senior level across all the businesses, travelling to sites across the UK and on occasion, to the USA. The group employs around 100 people in total across all of the businesses. What were looking for: Were looking for a hands-on marketing manager someone is happy to devise the strategy but also to implement it. You will be the sole marketer until you can demonstrate the requirement for additional team members (something which the company is very positive about), so its really important that youre a 360 marketer with knowledge of offline and digital marketing techniques, as well as having some experience of PR. You must have worked within a b2b environment and experience within engineering or manufacturing would be a significant advantage. Youll be familiar with managing multi-channel campaigns, including social media with a real emphasis on social media, and youll also have experience of CRM solutions and an understanding of SEO. Youll manage your own workload and the budget for marketing, so prior experience of this is also necessary. Whats on Offer? Theres lots of opportunity to grow within this business, and youve got a really receptive ear in the Group MD who is happy to run with most ideas (with supporting evidence, obviously) and their philosophy is one of growth. Theyre a friendly bunch, and whilst we would expect you to be based in the office 4 days per week during your probation period, this may decrease to 3 days afterwards. Salary is between £35-43,000, and this really will depend on your level of experience and relevance for the role. Theyd like to interview w/c6th October, so if this is a role which appeals to you, please dont delay in sending your CV over.